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Pelosi than he ever votes with me. its a question whether hes even in our republican conference as a whole. >> reporter: michigan republican congressman justin amash doubling down on twitter this afternoon, making a legal case for impeaching the president of his own party. amash accusing the president of obstructing the russian investigation, saying that muellers report reveals that president trump engaged in specific actions and in a pattern of behavior that meet the threshold for impeachment. ...

>> what they did in alabama is unbelievable. >> do you support the alabama law? >> i dont support the alabama law. >> this is nothing short of an all-out assault. >> this is dangerous. >> its not about life. its not about birth. its about control. >> this is a violation of civil rights. >> what we have is the ability to debate these. >> it was designed to get to the supreme court. >> i dont think the majority of americans are where the republicans are on this issue. >> theyre worried about what ...

Partimepart partime partimeparty. >> he wants attention. he votes more with nancy pelosi than with me. >> its a courageous statement. i believe to make a case for obstruction of justice you dont have the elements that are evidenced in this document. >> reporter: amashs tweets are reigniting the debate over impeachment among democrats. >> lets not leapfrog over what we think should be the path that should be taken. >> reporter: some feel this is a watershed moment. >> amash coming on board means ...

Has reached a different conclusion than i have. i respect him. i think its a courageous statement. but i believe to make a case for obstruction of justice, you just dont have the elements that are evidenced in this document. and i also believe that an impeachment call is something that not just relates to the law but considers practicality and politics. i think those considering impeachment have to look at the jury, which is the senate. the senate is certainly not there either. >> you disagree f...

Conclusion than i have. i respect him. i think its a courageous statement. but i believe that to make a case for obstruction of justice, you just dont have the elements that are evidenced in this document and i also believe that an impeachment call is not only something that relates to the law, but also considers practicality and politics. and the american people just arent there. and i think those that are considering impeachment have to look also at the jury, which would be the senate. the sen...

President trump not holding back on twitter, essentially suggesting that congressman amash is doing this for publicity. take a look at the two tweets the president sent out earlier today. he makes the case that amash did not actually read the mueller report because he didnt mention anything about no obstruction. the president has repeated this claim that mueller exonerated him on obstruction of justice when, in fact, mueller did not weigh in on that in the report. he pointed out at least ten occ...

Right now? >> there is a direct parallel with justin amashs move. larry hogan, a congressman from maryland was the first to break rank in the republicans against nixon. it was early. he was lonely. he was attacked. but it did start the process. so there is a direct parallel, yes. >> cnn asked senator mitt romney, another trump critic, about congressman amash and his call for impeachment. and romney wasnt ready to go as far. lets listen. >> i respect him. i think its a courageous statement. but i...

Simple, easy, awesome. go to xfinity.com/moving to get started. justin amash has reached a different conclusion than i have. i respect him. i think its a courageous statement. but i believe that to make a case for obstruction of justice, you just dont have the elements that are evidenced in this document. >> senator mitt romney minutes ago responding to a tweet storm from congressman amash in which he said he thought president trump reached the level of impeachable offenses as laid out in the ...

Challenge justin amashs seat in the 2020 election, so keep your eyes pealed for that. the most notable republican to speak out on that, mitt romney, spoke on "state of the union" and said he respects justin amarshal and decision to stick to his guns and perspective on this, he does not believe the president committed impeachable offenses. listen to what he told jake this morning. >> my own view is that justin amash has reached a different conclusion than i have. i respect him. i think its a cour...

This congress. proper a >> and mitt romney said hes not closer to wanting impeachment, even though he said hes sickened by the conduct in toutd in the mueller report. >> my own view is that justin amash has reached a different conclusion than i have. i respect him. i think its a courageous statement. i just dont think there is the full element that you need to prove an obstruction of justice case. >> and nbcs mike vakera standing by at the white house. good afternoon to you, my friend. i guess y...